new support letter
Happy New Years!
I trust that you all have had a blessed and wonderful Christmas with family and friends as we remembered Christ’s birth. Many of you know that I am back in Seattle for the rest of this Holiday season. I returned to Seattle after spending the past seven months in Sri Lanka and since have been preparing to head back to continue my work in the city of Trincomalee.
Being home my schedule has been full of events, I first had the privilege of attending my close friend’s wedding in California. November offered me an opportunity to spend two weeks in Canada, on a very uplifting ministry trip, where I was able to speak with students and faculty about what the Lord is doing in Sri Lanka and share some of my experiences. This December I spent Christmas with both the Reed and Jespersen families while the rest of my family celebrated their Christmas in the Philippines with our new addition. It was their first Christmas with my sister’s son, Caleb Daniel Tanchi!
My parents, Nelson and Linda Reed, will return to Seattle on January 24th for the International Council meetings at Action International Ministries.
During this time I will be in meeting with my father and other ACTION leaders to determine ACTION’s long range goals for the work in Sri Lanka. Therefore my new timeline for returning to Sri Lanka has been delayed until the end of January or early February. My plan is to return for an additional eight to twelve months as Alliance Development Trust’s District Coordinator of
Relief and Development in the Trincomalee area. Before doing so, there are still many things that need to be accomplished, such as, an established support base of $1500 per month ($12,000-$15,000) and continual prayer partners in this ongoing ministry. There are many additional ministry needs such as, a housing program, safe water source development, and various children programs. I would love to share them whenever possible and if you or anyone you know is interested, please contact me immediately so that we can schedule a time for this.
As the New Year approaches, I pray that the Lord may continue bless each and every one of you. May we dwell in the presence of the Lord so that His grace may abound so that many might come to know our Heavenly Father. Please pray with me for Sri Lanka that the Spirit might go before us and bring peace and restoration to a broken and hurting nation.
Blessings in Jesus Christ our Lord,
Benjamin Reed
benjamin.reed@gmail.com
www.benjaminreed.blogspot.com
206.920.3114
merry christmas
wish you all a merry merry christmas and a happy new year. the next couple pix are available in personalized greetings cards. for you order just send me an email. ciao
formal wear
what i wore to my bro's goodbye party
back in black
most of you know that i'm back in seattle...temporarily...retooling to go back to sri lanka. yep for another 8-12 months of post-tsunami development with ADT. i'm exciting and want to get back there asap. here are a couple pix of my sister's new baby. yes, i'm offically a real uncle. thanksgiving with the reed cousin's, and what its like to be back in snow for christmas...a lil different than sri lanka. in town for about a month longer. have time in my schedule so give me a call if you want to get together for a hott drink.
paul and jen's beautiful, caleb daniel tanchi
thanksgiving
all the cousins minus a couple and our grandparents
a lil colder than sri lanka
